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Andradite Var Demantoid

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Andradite Var Demantoid

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Description
Locality: 
Sferlun Mine, Malenco Valley, Lombardy, Italy
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
6 × 11 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.20cm
Weight: 
296.00gr
Description

Very nice light-green Demantoid crystals up to 2 mm with white asbestos on serpentine matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Andradite

Formula: 
Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Drammen, Buskerud, Norway

Demantoid

Variety Of: 

Andradite

Formula: 
Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0